Sorell School | |||||||||||||
Motto: | Respecting our past, creating our future | ||||||||||||
Status: | open | ||||||||||||
Gender: | Co-educational | ||||||||||||
Educational Authority: | Tasmanian Department of Education | ||||||||||||
Oversight: | Office of Tasmanian Assessment, Standards & Certification | ||||||||||||
District: | Southern | ||||||||||||
Grades: | K–12 | ||||||||||||
Grades Label: | Years | ||||||||||||
Principal: | Jenny Cowling | ||||||||||||
Enrolment: | 855[1] | ||||||||||||
Enrolment As Of: | 2019 | ||||||||||||
Teaching Staff: | 64.0 FTE (2019) | ||||||||||||
Colours: | ⬛️⬜️ | ||||||||||||
Houses: | Davis Bridges Hart | ||||||||||||
Campus Type: | Suburban | ||||||||||||
Streetaddress: | 41 Gordon Street | ||||||||||||
Location: | , Hobart, Tasmania | ||||||||||||
Country: | Australia | ||||||||||||
Pushpin Map: | Australia Hobart#Tasmania#Australia | ||||||||||||
Pushpin Mapsize: | 240 | ||||||||||||
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hobart, Tasmania | ||||||||||||
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Sorell School is a government co-educational comprehensive primary and secondary school located in, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1821, the school caters for approximately 900 students from Years K to 12. The school is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Education.
In 2019 student enrolments were 855.[1] The school principal is Jenny Cowling.
In March 2017, the school was one of eighteen high schools that were expanded to cover Years 11 and 12.[2]
Sorell School is the oldest continually operating public school in Australia.[3]